{"id":6168,"date":"2017-02-18T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T12:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/?p=6168"},"modified":"2017-02-18T12:37:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T12:37:46","slug":"fortis-hospitals-launches-centre-for-hepatobiliary-sciences-and-liver-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/18\/fortis-hospitals-launches-centre-for-hepatobiliary-sciences-and-liver-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortis Hospitals launches \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Centre for Hepatobiliary Sciences and Liver Transplant\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The specialised medical facility has highly qualified Hepatologists, Transplant surgeons and a well trained multi-disciplinary team<\/em><\/h3>\n

\"DrEvery year 500,000\u00c2\u00a0Indians need an\u00c2\u00a0organ transplant. A good number of these patients require\u00c2\u00a0liver\u00c2\u00a0transplants to treat several liver diseases which are increasing at a fast pace. The need for offering affordable and high quality liver transplants\u00c2\u00a0with good clinical outcomes\u00c2\u00a0is\u00c2\u00a0more pronounced than it ever has been.<\/p>\n

To address this need Fortis hospital, Bannerghatta Road<\/strong> launched its Centre for Hepatobiliary Sciences and Liver Transplant<\/strong>. The inauguration was done by the guest of honor and world renowned Liver Transplant surgeon Dr. Tan Kai Chah<\/strong>. Dr Tan is the Executive Chairman, Asian American Transplant Center, Singapore.\u00c2\u00a0 Dr Tan has led over 400 liver transplant procedures worldwide so far and is a leading voice in the area of cutting edge clinical work in this domain.<\/p>\n

\"DrAt Fortis Hospitals, the\u00c2\u00a0team\u00c2\u00a0is\u00c2\u00a0led by\u00c2\u00a0Dr.\u00c2\u00a0Kapali\u00c2\u00a0Neelamekam<\/strong>, Director\u00c2\u00a0(HPB & Liver Transplant Surgery),\u00c2\u00a0who has\u00c2\u00a0over 30 years of experience and has been\u00c2\u00a0associated with some of the leading medical institutions.\u00c2\u00a0The\u00c2\u00a0specialised\u00c2\u00a0medical team also has highly qualified\u00c2\u00a0Hepatologists,\u00c2\u00a0transplant surgeons and\u00c2\u00a0a\u00c2\u00a0well-trained\u00c2\u00a0multi-disciplinary team including Liver Transplant nurses, Physiotherapists, dieticians and paramedics.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the occasion\u00c2\u00a0Dr.\u00c2\u00a0Manish Mattoo<\/strong>, Zonal Director Fortis Hospitals\u00c2\u00a0said,\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Looking at the number of complex cases we get every day for either a liver transplant or to treat liver-related diseases, we felt there was a pressing need to provide our patients\u00c2\u00a0a\u00c2\u00a0one-stop comprehensive care\u00c2\u00a0centre for all liver related ailments. With the increasing\u00c2\u00a0awareness\u00c2\u00a0about\u00c2\u00a0organ transplant, we also have witnessed a spurt in the number of people pledging their organs for donation which augurs well for the state of Karnataka and the country as a whole. We hope to set up a top notch department capable of treating complex liver diseases and saving more and more lives.”<\/p>\n

Fortis has one of the largest and most comprehensive organ transplant programmes in India. The network offers a host of state-of-the-art services which include transplants of heart, liver and kidney intestinal and GI transplants, and transplant services. The hospital provides excellent medical care and facilities for pre and post-transplant management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The specialised medical facility has highly qualified Hepatologists, Transplant surgeons and a well trained multi-disciplinary team Every year 500,000\u00c2\u00a0Indians need an\u00c2\u00a0organ transplant. A good<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[2095,8156,463,8157,8160,8158,8159],"class_list":["post-6168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-hospital-daycare","category-lifestyle-health-hotel-leisure-food-fashion","tag-bannerghatta-road","tag-centre-for-hepatobiliary-sciences-and-liver-transplant","tag-fortis-hospitals","tag-hepatologists","tag-specialised-medical-facility","tag-transplant-surgeons","tag-well-trained-multi-disciplinary-team"],"views":2668,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Dr-Tan-Kai-Chah-Executive-Chairman-Asian-American-Transplant-Center-Singapore.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6173,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6168\/revisions\/6173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}